Alan Rapp

FF #2

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ff-2-coverThe team is introduced to its newest member – Doctor Doom! Let’s just say The Thing is less than pleased. And he’s not the only one.

The FF travels to Latveria to restore their greatest enemy to full strength…because a young girl promised they would. Okay, the logic of that is more than a little iffy. There’s really no reason for Reed and Sue to agree to this just to placate Valeria, no matter what she and Reed’s father say needs to happen.

In any case, Doom is reborn and then immediately sets out to make good on his promise to Valeria. Let’s just say the Future Foundation isn’t going to like this much either.

There are some nice moments including the Moloids being taken aback by Spider-Man’s intellect and an intriguing conversation between Sue and Ben over a couple of beers that has the word “foreshadowing” written all over it. Things are a little wonky for the FF these days, but at least they aren’t boring. Worth a look.

[Marvel, $3.99]

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XIII: The Conspiracy

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  • Title: XIII: The Conspiracy
  • IMDB: link

xiii-blurayInspired by the original Jason Bourne novel, The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, the Franco-Belgian comics by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance entitled XIII took things to an entirely new level by amping up the action by layering mystery, conspiracy, and mistaken identity on top of each other until no one knew who exactly the main character really was, even the readers.

I’m a fan of the comic and this TV mini-series, despite a couple of changes to the story, does a pretty good job making sense out of the Byzantine plot of the comic. Stephen Dorff stars as a man with a unique set of skills, suffering from amnesia, and with an appearance and wounds that match that of the assassin who killed the President of the United States (Mimi Kuzyk). The only clue to his identity is a roman numeral tattoo of XIII on his chest.

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Justice League: Generation Lost #24

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The year-long series reaches the final confrontation between Maxwell Lord and the former members of the Justice League International. Or is it?

The League may have saved Wonder Woman from his wrath, but even in defeat Max Lord manages to salvage the situation by strengthening his hold over Checkmate and consolidating his power.

By far the best part of DC’s Brightest Day storyline, the series ends with Booster Gold and his team finally stopping Maxwell Lord in no small part thanks to the quick thinking of both Blue Beetle and Captain Atom.

The world may now know he exists, but Maxwell Lord isn’t going away. And he’s already started working on repairing his image. Too bad there’s not a team out there to keep an eye on him… or is there? Oh, yeah! Sounds good to me! Maybe we could get a little Guy Gardner (and even Captain Marvel?) this time around? Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Definitely worth a look.

[DC, $4.99]

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New Transformers trailer further desecrates my childhood

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  • Title: Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
  • IMDB: link

I’m pretty sure Michael Bay doesn’t know the difference between robots and monsters. And that’s only one of my complaints with this first trailer for third movie in Michael Bay’s reimagined version of the Transformers franchise. Shia LaBeouf returns (with Victoria Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley standing  in for Megan Fox) for Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon which has something to do with the discovery of Transformers on the moon in the 1960’s (which I’m assuming we used to reverse engineer the Walkman?), a pissed off Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), and metal bugs and snakes attacking the Earth. Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Malkovich, John Turturro, and Alan Tudyk also star. Hugo Weaving returns as the voice of Megatron and Leonard Nimoy will voice Sentinel Prime. The further desecration of my childhood will begin on July 1st.

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Comic Rack

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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, BOOM!, Dynamite, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Annihilators, Artifacts, Batman Beyond, Blue Estate, Fear Itself, Herc, House of Mystery, Intrepids, Irredeemable, I Zombie, Red Sonja, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, Secret Six, Sonic the Hedgehog, Solomon Kane: Red Shadows, Uncanny X-Force, the first issues of Deadpool Annual, Fear Itself: Spider-Man, Gladstone’s School for World Conquerors, Kung Fu Panda, Moon Knight, Red Spike, X-Men: Prelude To Schism, and the final issues of Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth, Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun, Doom Patrol, Freedom Fighters, and Spike.

Enjoy issue #126

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